JOHN BALL (1585-1640)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 263
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
JOHN BALL (1585-1640)
, English puritan divine, was born at Cassington, Oxfordshire, in October 1585
.
After taking his B.A. degree from St Mary's See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
, See also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, in 16o8, he went into Cheshire to act as tutor to the children of Lady Cholmondeley
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He adopted Puritan views, and after being ordained without subscription, was appointed to the small curacy of Whitmore in Staffordshire
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He was soon deprived by John Bridgeman, the high See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
of Chester, who put him to much suffering
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He became a schoolmaster and earned a wide and high reputation for his scholarship and piety
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He died on the loth of October 164o
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The most popular of his numerous works was A Short Catechisme, containing all the Principal Grounds of Religion (14 editions before 1632)
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His Treatise of Faith (1632), and Friendly Trial of the Grounds tending to Separation (164o), the latter of which defines his position with regard to the church, are also valuable
.
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